Bringing Back the Sunshine

Bringing Back the Sunshine is the ninth studio album by American country music singer Blake Shelton. The album was released on September 30, 2014, by Warner Bros. Nashville.^[1]^[2] The album was produced by Shelton's longtime producer Scott Hendricks.^[3] "Neon Light," the album's lead-off single, was released on August 18, 2014.^[4]

Chart and commercial performance

Bringing Back the Sunshine debuted at No. 1 on Billboard's all genre Top 200 and Top Country Albums charts with a first week sales total of 101,000 copies in the United States.^[5] The album was certified Gold by the RIAA on January 7, 2015.^[6] The album has sold 437,100 copies in the U.S. as of December 2015.^[7]

In Canada, the album debuted at No. 4 on the Canadian Albums Chart, selling 7,700 copies in its first week.^[8]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Bringing Back the Sunshine"	Jess Leary Anthony Smith	4:01
2.	"Neon Light"	Andrew Dorff Mark Irwin Josh Kear	3:41
3.	"Lonely Tonight" (featuring Ashley Monroe)	Brent Anderson Ryan Hurd	3:38
4.	"Gonna"	Luke Laird Craig Wiseman	3:03
5.	"A Girl"	Jessi Alexander Sarah Buxton Abe Stoklasa	3:36
6.	"Sangria"	J.T. Harding Josh Osborne Trevor Rosen	3:54
7.	"Buzzin'" (featuring RaeLynn)	Wiseman Kendell Marvel	3:47
8.	"Just South of Heaven"	Wiseman Derek George	4:10
9.	"I Need My Girl"	Rhett Akins Ross Copperman Ben Hayslip	3:33
10.	"Good Country Song"	Alexander Tommy Lee James Matt Jenkins	3:38
11.	"Anyone Else"	Laird Barry Dean Natalie Hemby	4:21
12.	"Just Gettin' Started"	Buddy Owens Jenee Fleenor Phil O'Donnell	3:26

Walmart Deluxe Edition
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
13.	"Messed Up"	Laird Thomas Harding Shane McAnally	3:13
14.	"I Really Shouldn't Drink Around You"	Laird Shane McAnally Trevor Rosen	3:54
15.	"Pain"	Al Anderson Chris Stapleton	3:11

Personnel

Tom Bukovac – electric guitar
Sarah Buxton – background vocals
Perry Coleman – background vocals
Vicki Hampton – background vocals
Aubrey Haynie – fiddle
Natalie Hemby – background vocals
Mike Henderson – electric guitar
Wes Hightower – background vocals
Charlie Judge – synthesizer
Troy Lancaster – electric guitar
Ashley Monroe – vocals on "Lonely Tonight"
Gordon Mote – Hammond B-3 organ, keyboards, piano
Russ Pahl – pedal steel guitar
RaeLynn – vocals on "Buzzin'"
Blake Shelton – lead vocals
Jimmie Lee Sloas – bass guitar
Bryan Sutton – acoustic guitar, banjo
Derek Wells – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
Nir Z – drums

Charts and certifications

Weekly charts

Chart (2014–15)	Peak position
Canadian Albums (Billboard)^[9]	4
US Billboard 200^[10]	1
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[11]	1

Year-end charts

Chart (2014)	Position
US Billboard 200^[12]	91
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[13]	18

Singles

Year	Single	Peak chart positions
Year	Single	US Country	US Country Airplay	US	CAN Country	CAN
2014	"Neon Light"	3	1	43	1	49
2014	"Lonely Tonight"	2	1	47	1	42
2015	"Sangria"	3	1	38	1	43
2015	"Gonna"	4	1	54	1	69

Certifications


Region	Certification	Sales/shipments
United States (RIAA)^[6]	Gold	437,100^[7]
^*sales figures based on certification alone ^{^}shipments figures based on certification alone ^xunspecified figures based on certification alone

Preceded by The Big Revival by Kenny Chesney	Top Country Albums number-one album October 18, 2014	Succeeded by Old Boots, New Dirt by Jason Aldean

References

↑ Blake Shelton (1 August 2014). "Pre-order Blake's new album". Twitter. Retrieved 8 August 2014.
↑ "Blake Shelton Announces New Album ‘Bringing Back the Sunshine’". Billboard. Mitchell Peters. August 3, 2014. Retrieved 8 August 2014.
↑ "Blake Shelton Announces New Album, Plays Epic Beach Gig @rollingstone on Twitter | RollingStone on Facebook". 1 August 2014 (The Rolling Stone). Retrieved 8 August 2014.
↑ "You know what calls for a drink?". Twitter. Blake Shelton. 12 August 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
↑ Gary Trust (October 9, 2014). "Blake Shelton Blasts to No. 1 on Billboard Artist 100". Billboard.
1 2 "American album certifications – Blake Shelton – Bringing Back the Sunshine". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH
1 2 Bjorke, Matt (December 12, 2015). "Top Country Albums Chart: December 14, 2015". Roughstock.
↑ "Weekly Music Sales Report and Analysis: 08 October 2014". A Journal of Musical Things. October 10, 2014.
↑ "Blake Shelton – Chart history" Billboard Canadian Albums Chart for Blake Shelton.
↑ "Blake Shelton – Chart history" Billboard 200 for Blake Shelton.
↑ "Blake Shelton – Chart history" Billboard Top Country Albums for Blake Shelton.
↑ "Billboard 200 Albums: Year-End top-selling albums across all genres". Billboard.
↑ "Top Country Albums: 2014 Year-End Charts". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved January 16, 2015.

Blake Shelton

Studio albums	Blake Shelton (2001) The Dreamer (2003) Blake Shelton's Barn & Grill (2004) Pure BS (2007) Startin' Fires (2008) Red River Blue (2011) Based on a True Story... (2013) Bringing Back the Sunshine (2014)

Christmas albums	Cheers, It's Christmas (2012)

Extended plays	Blake Shelton: Collector's Edition (2008) Hillbilly Bone (2010) All About Tonight (2010)

Compilations	Blake Shelton - The Essentials (2009) Loaded: The Best of Blake Shelton (2010) Original Album Series (2012) Reloaded: 20 #1 Hits (2015)

Notable singles	"Austin" "All Over Me" "Ol' Red" "The Baby" "Playboys of the Southwestern World" "Some Beach" "Goodbye Time" "Nobody but Me" "Don't Make Me" "The More I Drink" "Home" "She Wouldn't Be Gone" "I'll Just Hold On" "Hillbilly Bone" (with Trace Adkins) "All About Tonight" "Who Are You When I'm Not Looking" "Honey Bee" "God Gave Me You" "Drink on It" "Over" "Sure Be Cool If You Did" "Boys 'Round Here" (with Pistol Annies and Friends) "Mine Would Be You" "Doin' What She Likes" "My Eyes" (with Gwen Sebastian) "Neon Light" "Lonely Tonight" (with Ashley Monroe) "Sangria" "Gonna"

Guest singles	"The Truth About Men" (with Tracy Byrd, Andy Griggs and Montgomery Gentry) "Just a Fool" (with Christina Aguilera) "Medicine" (with Shakira)

Tours	Well Lit & Amplified Tour (2012) Ten Times Crazier Tour (2013-14)

Related topics	Discography The Voice Warner Bros. Nashville "Footloose" NASCAR on NBC "Over You" Clash of the Choirs

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